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Show APPENDIX XI XI-25 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240 1113 Memorandum June 3, 1974 To: Director, Bureau of Land Management o Through: Assistant Secretary, Land and Water Resources From: Secretary of the Interior Subject: Western Boundary of the Hay and Wood Reserve of the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation Arizona, California and Nevada I have this date received a memorandum from the Solicitor regarding the proper location of the western boundary of the Hay and Wood Reserve of the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation. A copy of his memorandum is attached. Acting upon the conclusions expressed in the Solicitor's memorandum, I have determined that the 1928 resurvey conducted by Sidney Blout under direction of the General Land Office, and the plat representing that resurvey of the above-mentioned western boundary of the Hay and Wood Reserve, approved November 15, 1930, and accepted on January 23, 1931, should be declared null and void and to have no further force or effect. The western boundary of the "Camp Mojave Reservation for Hay and Wood" is most accurately determined and established in accordance with the intent of the original survey by using the courses, distances and acreage as described in the plats and notes of survey accompanying the Executive Order of March 30, 1870. I reject as erroneous those portions of that description which make reference to posts "marked U.S. in a mound of earth near the left bank of the Colorado River" used in connection with Corner HI and Corner IV appearing on the plat and in the notes of survey accompanying the above mentioned Executive Order of March 30, 1870. Please take all such actions as may be appropriate to implement the conclusions herein stated, including declaring null and void the above-mentioned 1928 resurvey and the plat respecting that resurvey of the western boundary of the Hay and Wood Reserve accepted January 23, 1931, and resurveying the Reserve to conform to the acreage description of 9114.81 acres. Correct Corner III and Corner IV should be reestablished in accordance with the courses and distances described in the plats and notes of the survey accompanying Executive Order of March 30, 1870, to replace the erroneous and rejected Corner III and Corner IV established by the 1928 resurvey. It is also requested that a determination be made as to what third-party interests may have been established and that appropriate action by taken to subrogate such interests to the Fort Mojave Tribe in those instances in which it is determined that such third-party interests affect the lands inside the now recognized western boundary of the reservation. |
